Chapter 10
While Fred was going through a somewhat unusual metamorphosis into a feline and then the equally unusual process of changing back into himself, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby were looking through the downstairs rooms of the Victorian house, trying to not only avoid the strange creature that was attempting to capture each member of Mystery Inc., but they were also trying to pick up a clue as to why he was skulking about as well; however, unlike Fred, Daphne and Daphne's grandmother, Shaggy, Scooby and Velma were not having very much luck as their comrades in solving the mystery as each of them leaned up against a wall in the downstairs corridor.
"Shaggy, can I ask you a question?" Velma inquired.
"Sure Velma, like what is it?" Shaggy asked.
"Do you think we're wasting our time here, I mean if that creature is really after Fred, Daphne and her grandmother, then what are we doing?" Velma wondered.
"Well, it's simple Vel, if that creep is trying to track down our friends, then it's up to us to provide interference" Shaggy replied.
"Good thinking Shaggy, if that creature tries to chase us, then Daphne and her grandmother will be able to use their magic to defeat that thing" Velma remarked.
"Right; you know Velma, like you always did like agreeing with me" Shaggy said as he looked into Velma's eyes, which matched the color of her hair, which the green shirted teen seemed to enjoy.
"And I always liked helping you guys figure things out in terms of solving mysteries too" Velma replied as she looked deep into his eyes; the two of them seemed to smile and look at each other lovingly for hours, however both of them realized that they needed to continue to look for clues so they resumed walking down the hallway.
The cowardly Great Dane member of the team of sleuths smiled and watched his two friends as they held each other's hands while they walked through the cobweb filled corridor; after some time walking the three investigators found their way down through the hallway, and down a staircase before coming to an old wooden door, the door had a large amount of dust on it which Shaggy and Velma seemed to notice, although as the three of them approached Scooby could tell there was a large amount of dust as well.
Velma then decided to start blowing off some of the dust from the old door, however after she started she made the unfortunate mistake of blowing some of the dust right into the Great Dane's nose, and as a result of his somewhat sensitive nose he loudly sneezed, which Shaggy seemed to notice.
"Like here Scoob, this should help with your sneezing" Shaggy stated as he produced a green handkerchief from his pants pocket; the cowardly teenager then handed the handkerchief over to the Great Dane, who blew his nose with it and then handed it back to Shaggy, although he wouldn't be able to use it anymore he decided to still carry it with him because of Scooby's allergies.
"Shaggy, Shaggy, Shaggy" Velma replied with a look on her face that was curious, surprised and amused all at the same time.
"What is it Velma?" Shaggy asked.
"Remember the time that I gave you my orange handkerchief?" Velma inquired.
"Sure, when we were in Befuddle Hall trying to catch that shadow demon, why?" Shaggy asked.
"Well, you said it figured that I would have an orange handkerchief, but now I see that you have a green handkerchief" Velma replied.
"So, I like green, so what?" Shaggy answered.
"Well, I told you that Daphne's not the only member of the gang who likes to accessorize, and now I find out that you have a green handkerchief, so how come you have a green handkerchief anyway?" Velma asked, moving closer to Shaggy.
"Simple, when I bought one of my shirts once I noticed that they had some handkerchiefs on sale that were the same color as my shirts, so I couldn't resist buying it" Shaggy replied.
"Oh, I see" Velma said, somewhat unsure what to make of his comment.
"Velma, I bought the handkerchief because I liked it, not because I'm like Daphne; I mean sure I did date her years ago, but that was when you and Fred were working in your careers, plus you were around when we had to deal with the Demon Chest, and when I inherited my uncle's estate down south, and when I got turned into a werewolf, and when Scooby and I got jobs at that ghouls finishing school you guys came with us, during all that time we were dating, while we were both in college of course" Shaggy explained as he held the bespectacled girl's hands.
"So, even though you did date Daphne for a couple of years, you still prefer me over her?" Velma asked.
"Of course I do Velma, sure Daphne's a nice girl, but she and I are and always will be nothing more than good friends, I mean she was like a sister to me, so how can I date or be in love with someone who I consider to be a sister?" Shaggy answered.
"True, besides she and Fred really like each other so it would be kind of awkward for either of us to try and date either of them right?" Velma asked.
"Right, and besides I don't think it would ever work between Daphne and me anyway" Shaggy replied.
"Or between Fred and I for that matter" Velma remarked.
"Oh yeah, you know for a long time I thought you and him had something going" Shaggy replied, chuckling a little as he spoke.
"Fred and me? What ever gave you that idea?" Velma asked, a little confused as to what Shaggy meant by his statement.
"Well, I mean the both of you always seemed to do really well at solving cases, when Daphne, Scooby and me were all in the dark so to speak, so I really thought that the two of you would start dating each other" Shaggy replied.
"Shaggy, I can understand you thinking that about Fred and I but it's exactly as you said about Daphne, Fred's a nice guy but we'll always be nothing more than good friends, besides I kind of think as him as a younger brother; he'll be someone I can go to as a friend, to discuss things with, but I never thought it would have ever worked out between us if we were to date" Velma said.
"Well, its like when you do experiments, you always like to see how certain ingredients and things would go together as far as chemistry goes" Shaggy replied.
"Right, and you always experiment in the kitchen, to see how certain ingredients would go together in meals, although sometimes they don't work as well as I usually think they do" Velma remarked, giggling a little as she spoke.
"I'll ignore that last remark, but you're right; you know that's why I think we're so perfect for each other, I'm somewhat of a scaredy cat and a coward and a chicken, and you're always so brave and intelligent, always able to figure things out, no matter how difficult they might be" Shaggy said.
"True, but sometimes I get scared really easily and I need someone to comfort me, and you're always there for me when I need picking up after a bad date, or anything else that's happened to me in the past; plus you're so funny, you've always been able to make me laugh" Velma replied.
"I know, and you've always been there for me; you always want to talk, no matter how busy you are, you always carve out a few minutes of your schedule to talk to me if I'm feeling upset, or had a bad date, or whatever; and I think that's why we make such a great couple, our personalities are so different, but yet so similar" Shaggy remarked.
"Shaggy, that was very beautiful, and I couldn't have said it any better myself" Velma replied.
"Like thanks, I studied poetry and a lot of spiritualism and things like that when I was younger" Shaggy remarked.
"Like what?" Velma asked.
"Well, like meditation and how to be calm, actually Flim Flam taught me a lot about that when he hung out with us" Shaggy replied.
"Interesting, you'll have to teach me some of what you learned, okay Shaggy?" Velma questioned.
"Sure Velma, when we get back home I'll dig up some of my old books and teach you everything I know about meditation and spiritualism" Shaggy replied.
"Thanks Shaggy, I look forward to it" Velma said as he she leaned in and kissed Shaggy on the cheek.
"You're welcome Velma; so now that we've gotten the dust off this door, we should probably go inside right?" Shaggy asked.
"Of course, now let's see how we're going to get inside" Velma replied.
"Like that shouldn't be too hard, we can just go inside and oww!" Shaggy said after attempting to enter the room, thinking that the door was open; unfortunately for him, it wasn't open and he walked right into said door; seeing that he looked to be injured Velma helped him off the floor, because after he tried to enter the room and walked into the door, the collision caused him to fall onto the floor on the seat of his pants.
"Shaggy, are you all right?" Velma asked, with a little bit of regret and nervousness filling her voice, hoping that the green shirt clad teen wasn't injured.
"I think so, although I think I bruised my arm a little bit; thanks for helping me up by the way" Shaggy replied, now standing under his own power once again.
"You're welcome Shaggy, I just can't understand why you would do something so, so…" Velma said, still somewhat annoyed and exasperated with him for walking into the door.
"Dumb? Stupid?" Shaggy answered, trying to finish Velma's sentence while he rubbed his shoulder and arm, trying to ease the pain of the bruises he had just suffered.
"Exactly, why on earth would you do something like that anyway?" Velma asked.
"Well, I thought the door was open, so it was only natural that I would try and walk inside, just in case it was open" Shaggy replied.
"Well I guess it wasn't, now was it?" Velma answered, with a very annoyed look on her face.
"Yeah, like I guess it wasn't; so now that we know it's closed what are we going to do?" Shaggy asked.
"Simple, Scooby will open it for us" Velma replied.
"Oh yeah, Scooby could use one of his claws to open the door for us, so that we can explore this room" Shaggy added.
"Ruh? Ro ray, rot re" Scooby replied.
"Come on Scooby, you have to; you're the only way that we can get inside that room to find out what's in there" Velma remarked.
"Ruh-uh, rhere rould re rhosts and ronsters rin there" Scooby replied, whimpering as he spoke.
"Like I bet I know what would get him inside there, hey Scooby will you open the door for a couple of Scooby Snacks?" Shaggy asked.
"Roh ray, ri rove Rooby Racks" Scooby replied, as his ears perked up a bit at the promise of his favorite treats.
"Okay, just let me get them out of my pocket" Shaggy explained; the cowardly young adult then dug through the pockets of his red pants, looking for the Great Dane's reward, until he found what he was looking for; the young man then pulled out a couple of brown cookie shaped dog treats and held them in his hand.
"Ready Scooby?" Shaggy asked.
"Ready Rhaggy" Scooby replied, holding his mouth open in anticipation.
"Okay then, one two three catch!" Shaggy said, tossing the snacks over to his cowardly pet, who caught them in his mouth and began eating them as quickly as possible.
"All right Scooby, you've had your snack, now will you open the door for us?" Velma asked.
"Rou ret Relma, rust rand rack and ret re rork" Scooby replied; Shaggy and Velma complied with the canine's request and stood out of the way while Scooby Doo stuck out one of his black claws and began to unlock the door, within a few seconds the canine was successful and the two young adults could hear the lock click, which mean that the door was now unlocked and they could enter the room.
"Well, w-who wants to go in first?' Shaggy asked nervously.
"Rell rit's rot roing to re re" Scooby replied.
"Oh for heavens sake, I'll go inside first, after all I'm not afraid" Velma remarked, although Shaggy quickly came to her side and held her one of her hands while she opened the door with the other; the old wooden door then opened with a loud almost ear shattering creak, which made the two sleuths and their canine companion a little nervous as they began exploring the strange room.
"Like look at all this stuff, there's mirrors, old trunks, clothes and a bunch of other neat stuff" Shaggy commented as he looked through a corner of the room filled with the things that the cowardly teen mentioned, only covered in cobwebs and dust.
"Shaggy" Velma said as she put her hands on her hips and looked over at him.
"Yes Velma?" Shaggy asked.
"While quote neat stuff is great, we're looking for anything that might help us against that thing that's chasing Fred, Daphne and Daphne's grandmother" Velma responded.
"Makes sense to me, like let's see if there is anything in here anyway" Shaggy replied.
"Good, now let's keep looking" Velma remarked; however as they began searching through the basement, the bespectacled member of the group noticed something out of the corner of her eye that seemed to be stuck on the near wall of the room, which compelled her to walk over to the side of the room and attempt to remove it, although Shaggy wasn't quite sure what she was up to as she moved over to the near wall.
"Velma?" Shaggy asked while she walked the short distance to the wall.
"Yes Shaggy?" Velma inquired, now standing in front of the near wall.
"What are you doing?" Shaggy asked.
"Well, I think I see something that might help us try and figure out more about what's going on around here" Velma replied.
"Like what? Shaggy inquired.
"I think I see something that looks almost like it could open a door or something" Velma replied.
"A door? You mean like a secret passage?" Shaggy asked.
"Maybe, maybe not, but there's only one way to find out" Velma replied.
"Like see what that thing is and if it does open a secret passage?" Shaggy asked.
"Of course Shaggy, now come on and help me with this" Velma replied.
"Like right Velma" Shaggy said as he joined Velma by the wall; Scooby Doo also joined the two of them and watched as Velma took hold of what looked to be an old fashioned door handle, the cowardly teen and the Great Dane were fairly surprised to see a door handle on the wall of the basement of an old Victorian house, however the gang decided to remember the old saying of not looking a gift horse in the mouth, so Shaggy and Scooby stood in back of Velma and helped her pull on the handle.
A few moments later the trio of sleuths were successful in pulling on the handle and as a result of their success opened what looked to be a hidden door on the wall; with the hidden door open Velma, Shaggy and Scooby Doo walked in and began exploring whatever they had gotten themselves into in terms of the secret passage, although since the team of sleuths had found the passage, it wasn't much of a secret anymore.
Once Mystery Inc., or rather three of the members of Mystery Inc. were inside the secret passage they began checking for any semblance of a clue as to the monster that was chasing Fred, Daphne and Daphne's grandmother, or for that matter anything that would keep the monster at bay while the gang searched the house for other ways to stop him, just in case Daphne's magic was to fail, which the team of detectives were hoping not to have happen.
However soon the members of Mystery Inc. would discover that they were not alone in the passageway, in fact about halfway into the corridor Velma could feel that someone or something was stalking them, or rather that someone or something was about make an appearance in the corridor; the bespectacled girl then began shivering a bit, which Shaggy noticed.
Naturally having a calming and friendly personality he walked over to Velma and placed his arm on her shoulder to attempt to ease whatever fears she was having, while Scooby Doo watched with some interest as well.
"Velma, what's the matter?" Shaggy said, looking deep into Velma's brown eyes.
"S-Shaggy, I t-think we're being followed" Velma whispered.
"Followed by what? Or by who? I mean besides Scooby Doo and me, there aren't any other people in this passageway right?" Shaggy asked.
"Shaggy, if there isn't anyone else in this passageway, then why do I get the feeling that we're being watched in addition to being followed" Velma replied.
"Velma, you're being ridiculous, nothing is following us; now come on, let's keep exploring this passageway and see where it leads to" Shaggy remarked.
Unsure of what to make of the cowardly young sleuth's comment, Velma made sure to stick close to Shaggy while Scooby Doo followed behind the two of them as they continued to explore the passageway; while inside the dark, dreary passageway, Shaggy, Scooby and Velma noticed that it was full of nothing more than pure, ordinary dirt, which confused them a little, after all in a secret passageway, you would think there would be more than mere dirt, but there wasn't.
After around twenty minutes of walking, Shaggy, Scooby and Velma found a place inside the secret corridor to rest, which was a good thing considering they wanted to relax after not finding much in the passageway so far; while they rested Scooby took a bit of a cat nap, which enabled Shaggy and Velma to talk a little as they both leaned against a dirt wall.
"Shaggy, I don't know if I'll ever understand you" Velma remarked.
"Why's that Velma?" Shaggy inquired.
"Well, earlier when we started exploring the passageway you were kind of unsure about going inside and you wanted me to go inside first, of course you always want me to enter scary places first; but now you seem almost really brave, and when I thought we were being followed by someone or something, you just shrugged it off as nothing" Velma replied.
"I know" Shaggy said, almost non-chalantly.
"Shaggy, I understand that you're still scared, and you show it a lot, but now you don't seem to be as scared as you usually are, how come?" Velma asked.
"Well, like I have something that requires my attention, and something, or rather someone that I have to watch to make sure that someone doesn't get kidnapped or captured by some creepy villain, so while it's true that I do get scared every so often, I have to put that aside and protect the person from getting in trouble" Shaggy replied.
"Ah, I see; it's not Scooby is it?" Velma asked.
"Well, I do have to protect Scooby Doo, he is my dog after all; however, the person I was talking about protecting and keeping safe from harm is you Velma" Shaggy replied.
"Me? You mean… you would face a ghost or horrifying creature with dripping fangs, coarse, thick fur and sharp teeth, just to keep me safe and sound" Velma remarked, with somewhat of a helpless look on her face, almost as if she was a princess being kept in a tower and Shaggy was her knight in shining armor who was attempting to rescue her.
"Of course I would Velma, you're a wonderful friend and I would never want anything to happen to you, that's why I keep such a close watch on you, to make sure no person, no creature, or anything else hurts or harms you" Shaggy replied, still trying to shake the image of the creature that Velma described, especially the dripping fangs and sharp teeth part.
"You're very, very sweet Shaggy, did I ever tell you that?" Velma said, walking over to the young man and placing a hand on his shoulder.
"You might have Velma, but it's probably been a while, so why don't you remind me?" Shaggy asked, smiling at the young woman and looking into her eyes.
"Okay, if you insist" Velma said as she kissed the young man on the lips.
"Like zoinks, I never, I never can get used to that, it's still a bit unusual, well not unusual but I just have never gotten accustomed to you kissing me Velma" Shaggy replied, still dumbstruck after the bespectacled young woman shared her affection towards the young man.
"I know, I know, you know come to think of it I'm still getting used to it myself, but I think I'm really getting the hang of it, don't you think?" Velma asked.
"Oh yeah, I think you're definitely getting the hang of it and so am I to tell the truth" Shaggy replied.
"Really? You think I'm a good kisser?" Velma inquired.
"Oh sure, of course you are, what about me though?" Shaggy asked.
"I think you're a pretty good kisser too Shaggy, and I wouldn't have it any other way" Velma replied.
"Neither would I" Shaggy said.
While the two of them were speaking, a certain Great Dane only a few feet away was opening his eyes, stretching out his limbs and standing upright in the passageway; as he stood up he could see his two best friends talking to one another and smiling at each other, which the canine sleuth was able to pick up instantly as he began speaking to his teen master.
"Ro, rid rhe rwo of rou riss rhen I ras asleep?" Scooby asked, while yawning.
"Nice to see that you're awake Scooby Doo, yes Velma and I kissed" Shaggy replied, with a bit of a chuckle.
"Rah, rid rou and Relma ro anything else?" Scooby inquired.
"Scooby" Velma replied, with her arms folded and looking quite annoyed with the canine member of the group.
"Rokay, rokay ri ret it, rou ron't rant to ray anything" Scooby remarked.
"Like actually Scoob, since you're so interested in this, basically all we did while you took a nap was talk to each other," Shaggy replied.
"Roh? Rhat about?" the Great Dane inquired.
"Just about the two of us, and our relationship, that and the current mystery" Velma replied.
"Rure rou rere" Scooby said with a wink, directed towards his two friends.
"But like that's what we were talking about, truthfully" Shaggy remarked.
"Routs honor?" the Great Dane asked.
"Scouts honor" Shaggy replied while he put his hand up, similar to how someone would look if they were testifying in court.
"Rokay, ri relieve rou" Scooby commented as he began licking his human master's face.
"Okay Scooby, okay, knock it off" Shaggy replied, chuckling as he spoke.
"Well, now that all the romance and silliness is over, I think we should get back to exploring this passageway; after all, it might give us a clue to what's going on around here" Velma explained.
"Like what's to know? There's a creepy creature prowling somewhere around here, he's after Daphne and her grandma, and he feeds on magic, did I pretty much describe what's going on around here?" Shaggy replied, somewhat nervously.
"Yes Shaggy, that's all pretty accurate, and those are the exact reasons why we have to keep searching this passageway, in case that creature tries anything else" Velma clarified.
"Like that's my point, what if that creepy creature tries something else, l-like w-what if he comes after us? And what if he tries to eat you?" Shaggy inquired, albeit very uneasily.
"Shaggy, why would he try and come after us? Since he can sense magic, he wouldn't come after us right?" Velma replied.
"Like I don't know, you're pretty magical to me" Shaggy remarked as he looked over at Velma, whose eyes seemed to twinkle while he held the young woman's hand.
"Thanks Shaggy" Velma replied, smiling back at the green shirt clad teenager.
"Roh rother" Scooby commented, while he shook his head in somewhat of an annoyed manner, in addition to placing his hands over his eyes while he watched his friends speak to each other.
"Actually, I think we should get going again, after all, that creature could be anywhere in this house and he could pop up in any place, at anytime" Velma explained.
"Right Velma" Shaggy replied.
With that Shaggy, Velma and Scooby Doo began walking down the passageway once again; as had been the case ever since the trio of sleuths entered the hallway, all they found and the only things they were passing by were walls of dirt, and not much of anything else.
However, the three of them were unaware that while they had been speaking earlier and while Scooby Doo was taking a nap, some one, or rather something had entered the passageway and was attempting to track down the trio from Mystery Inc.; the creature stepped stealthily and quietly down the dirt floors of the corridor as he could sense the presence of two young adults and one Great Dane getting ever closer.
After about five minutes of walking down the dark, dusty corridor the bespectacled young woman of the group began to sense the presence of someone else, besides the trio of sleuths that is, in the hallway; having been a detective for so many years, all of the young woman's senses were greater then what a regular person's would be, and in this case it would mean that her heightened senses would present her with a greater chance of alerting her friends to the presence of the threat that was now only a few hundred feet behind them in the hallway, and was getting closer by the second.
The strange creature covered entirely in coarse black fur was moving closer and closer to the unsuspecting investigators, his large black feet taking giant steps through the corridor; in fact as the creature moved through the passageway Velma began shivering again, which caused Shaggy to place his hands on the trembling young woman's shoulders in an attempt to calm her nerves.
"Like what's the mater Velma?" Shaggy asked.
"T-there's something following us" Velma replied nervously.
"Velma, you said that last time and when we turned around there was no one there" Shaggy remarked.
"Ractually Rhaggy, ri'm rith Relma ris rime" Scooby commented, his ears shaking as he spoke.
"See, even Scooby's nervous, I'm telling you Shaggy there's something in here, I can sense it" Velma stated.
"Velma I told you once and I tell you this time, there's no one here in the passageway but us" Shaggy replied.
However, as Shaggy spoke he, Velma and Scooby Doo could see what looked like a flash of black fur rushing towards them at light speed; soon the three sleuths could see that this flash of fur was a creature covered in the material, not to mention he had the very same sharp claws and red eyes as the creature that had attacked Daphne and Velma in their bedroom earlier that night.
Once Shaggy and Scooby got a good look at the horrifying beast they recognized him instantly, and as the two of them stood in the hallway, Velma found herself quickly retreating behind her cowardly boyfriend; after all, considering the experience she and Daphne had earlier in the night, she certainly didn't want the creature thinking she was a meal and trying to devour her again.
"And l-like s-so is that thing!" Shaggy shouted.
"Reah, r-ripes!" Scooby added, although the Great Dane wanted to run for the hills, or cower at the side of the passageway, he was struck with a significant amount of terror; he simply stood in fear at the fierce creature, as he just couldn't seem to run away like he normally would do in a situation like this.
"V-Velma" Shaggy remarked nervously.
"Yes Shaggy?" Velma asked.
"L-like I believe you about someone being in the hallway with us" Shaggy replied, his hands trembling as he and the young woman held one another, while the both of them watched in fright as the creature bared his teeth at the trio of sleuths.
"W-what do you think he wants with us?" Velma asked, nervously watching as the strange beast glared at the two young adults and their canine with his piercing red eyes.
"L-like I don't know, and I'm not staying around here to find out" Shaggy replied.
"What do you mean Shaggy?" Velma asked.
"Like I mean we're getting out of here and fast!" Shaggy declared.
"What? Are you crazy Shaggy! That thing is trying to devour us like pork chops and you want to try and get out of here" Velma replied, somewhat shocked at her companion's statement.
"Well, like we're going to have to try and get out of this corridor eventually, so why not now?" Shaggy answered.
"Good point; so, any ideas?" Velma asked.
"Like I was hoping you had one actually" Shaggy replied.
"Oh great, well actually I do have one idea" Velma responded.
"What is it?" Shaggy asked.
"Simple, right now it looks like that creature is in front of us, so we'll just go backwards for our escape" Velma replied.
"Good idea Vel" Shaggy remarked.
"Thanks Shaggy, now on the count of three, we split, ready?" Velma answered.
"Like sounds good to me" Shaggy replied.
"Okay, here we go: one, two, three!" Velma declared; with that, and with the speed of an Olympic runner the bespectacled young woman took Shaggy's hand and with Scooby Doo in tow, the three of them ran towards the entrance of the passageway, well they were running towards the entrance except for the fact that a certain creature covered in black fur had quickly retreated towards the entrance of the passageway, thereby blocking it.
"Jinkies, he's cut off our escape, now what do we do?" Velma asked.
"Well, like we can't get out the way we came so we'll just have to go the other way" Shaggy replied; with those words the chicken hearted teen took Velma's hand and with the Great Dane once again in tow ran in the opposite direction, trying to find an exit from the secret passageway.
Unfortunately for the terrified teens and their canine companion, the strange creature was very agile and like a cat leapt from near the entrance of the corridor to right in front of where Scooby, Shaggy and Velma were standing, thereby blocking the group's exit once again, which made them quite unhappy and quite frightened as well, to say the least.
"Oh, Jinkies that creature has cut off our escape yet again" Velma remarked.
"Zoinks! Like that's not good news, we can't get out the way we came and we can't go forward because that creep might leap into our path, so now what are we going to do?" Shaggy asked, with a very terrified tone in his voice.
"Shaggy, for once I really have no idea" Velma replied, in an equally terrified tone of voice.
Velma and Shaggy held each other's hands, looking on in sheer terror at the sight of the fearsome creature, with sharp fangs which he bared at the trio, in addition to the coarse black fur and red eyes which seemed to stare through them as if the very creature the gang were dealing with was the face and representation of evil itself.
With no other alternatives and with no possible escape from the passageway and from the horrible creature called the Kartnhur, which was still trying to devour Daphne and her grandmother because of their magic, Shaggy, Scooby and Velma did the only thing they could do in a situation like this, or in other situations that they had faced in the past: they screamed as loud as they could, hoping that someone, somewhere in the house would hear them and rescue them from the horrible fate that the trio of investigators was currently in danger of facing at the hands of the ghastly, chilling beast that was only a few feet away from them.